This paper presents a single unified framework that integrates the theoretical literature on
Schumpeterian endogenous growth and major strands of the empirical literature on R&D …

Can trade liberalization have a permanent affect on output levels, and more important, does
it have an impact on steady-state growth rates? The model emphasizes the role that …

Taking a longer view than most literature on economic development, Richard A. Easterlin
stresses the enormous contrast between the collective experience of the last half century in …

This paper deals with the effects of European integration in the EC and EFTA on economic
growth. Base regressions suggest that EC and EFTA memberships do in fact have a positive …

I. Introduction development of growth theory in the 1980s has not only em-phasized
innovating activities but also put forward the role of imitation and technology diffusion for …

Recent investigations into cross‐country convergence follow Mankiw, Romer, and Weil
(1992) in using a log‐linear approximation to the Swan‐Solow growth model to specify …

This paper examines the dynamics of 'technological catch-up'and its effects in contributing to
poverty alleviation, a crucial pillar of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals …

The present paper provides a review of the literature focusing the relationship between
human capital and performance essentially at firm level. The exposition is approached in …

This paper investigates empirically the importance of technological catch-up in explaining
productivity growth in a sample of countries since the 1960s. New proxies for a country's …

This study examined the impact of human capital on economic growth in Zambia both in the
short and long run using Johansen's co-integration test and the Error Correction Model. The …